SUNKEN AND TERRACE GARDENS 
may be of grass and groupings of flowering 
plants, surrounding a concreted water basin for 
aquatics and a fountain. A Sunken Garden of 
this kind is not suitable for large, bold plants 
and effects, but it invites varied and finished 
execution with smaller plants. The wall -backed 
borders, some facing toward the sun and some 
away from it, enable both sun- and shade -lov- 
ing plants to have congenial situations. Tea 
Roses usually thrive excellently in these pro- 
tected spaces, and appear to splendid advantage 
when viewed from the path above. We have 
seen one of these enclosures devoted exclusively to Roses, 
— beds of them in the center and masses along the 
walls, — a veritable paradise of Roses. 
lawn around it. 1 he prettiest ertects are produced by having the 
lowered space in two levels — the first level to be about 3 feet 
below the surface of the lawn, forming a terrace say 8 feet wide ; 
on this should be a path surrounding the inner or sunken garden 
proper, which should be excavated about 6 feet deep. This arrange- 
ment lends itself to very attractive effects. The terrace path can be 
of white gravel or flat red tiles, and between the path and the outer 
wall should be a border for flowering plants. Creepers that cling 
to rocks or bricks, such as Kenilworth Ivy, Ampelopsis Veitchii, 
etc., can be utilized for draping the walls. 
The flights of entrance steps can be appropriately embellished 
with tubs or vases of plants. The steps and walls, to be "Dutch,” 
should be of red brick. The inner garden can be arranged either 
in a slightly formal design with walks and flower beds, or the middle 
